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Chapter 5: Do You Want to Die?

I was in that dream again.

Grass wet with dew brushed against my bare legs as I glided quickly through the meadow, barely feeling the ground beneath my feet. My eyes were scanning for another glimpse of the majestic creature I’d just gained sight of a moment ago before it bound between two large pine trees.

I knew if I followed the gorgeous white pony further into the woods, I would run into him again.

“Don’t touch me!” He raised his voice, but he didn’t sit up, and his arms lay limp at his side. He wore a mask over his face. Only his onyx black eyes were visible to me.

“Do you want to die?” I retorted as I inspected his body for wounds.

“…I don’t care,” he replied quietly.

My hands paused. For some reason, his words broke my heart a little, even though he’d almost killed me just now.

I lifted my gaze to meet his. His eyes were so deep, so dark, like infinite wells, and I feared that if I spent too much time looking into them, I might not be able to extricate myself from their depths.

“Well, I do, okay?” I said. “My father would yell at me if he finds out I left someone bleeding to death in the wild! Relax. l’

m just going to bandage up these wounds.”

He grunted a bit when I lifted him off of the ground, but he didn’t fight back anymore.

Silence filled the air, and I felt I had to say something, so I started with the basic question. “What’s your name?”

He looked at me with those dark eyes and answered, “I don’t have one.”

“Really? That’s strange, because I don’t have one either.”

He cocked his head to the side and gave me a look that was a cross between confused and annoyed.

“It’s true. People just call me girl.”

“Girl?” he repeated.

“That’s right. Girl,” I gave him a big smile. My father had told me that smiles were one of the most effective ways to make friends.

But instead of returning a smile back to me, he almost seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved his gaze away from mine. “And what are you doing out here in the woods all alone?” he asked.

“Um…“ | tapped on my chin. “Have you heard of the Sun Blossom flower?”

His eyes widened slightly, and I could see that he had heard of it.

I continued, “You know, the flower that grows on the side of the mountains. I’ve heard they’re beautiful, and smell won

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derful. That’s why I came. My friend was leading me there…”

“Your friend?” he glanced around immediately, his tone

wary.

“Yes, my new friend. A little white pony…”

He let out a breath of relief, and then said matter-of-fact ly. “Those flowers, they’re not easy to get.”

“My mother also said it was a fool’s errand.” | rested my hands in my lap. “But I love flowers. Don’t you?”

He shrugged and looked down at the ground.

the fire was suddenly extinguished. His whole body was

unnervingly silent, and I

are you still here?” | couldn’t stop the trembling

“Is something the matter?”

shock,

just happened?” I

it was a beautiful Sun Blos som flower in full bloom, its delicate purple petals speckled with gold flakes that sparkled in the

said you wanted one,” he said, handing the flower to me.

I stared at the flower. “How did

answer me, and the darkness seemed to seep in all around me

wishing

to grab him, and that was when I

into the fabric of my pants, and the smell of it, rusty with

blood was

“Are

eyes behind his mask, but in that stare, I

the blood

dead and that the darkness was about to

pounding out of my chest as my eyes flew open and

took me a moment to remember where I was. Brushing my hand over my face, I sat up in bed and looked at the fig ures of the other girls sleeping in twin beds across the

Right. The palace.

It was no wonder i’d had

curtains, and a glance at the clock told me that it was still quite early.

go back to sleep. Not after

of bed and decided to head to the gar den for a bit of fresh air. Being

was crisp so I inhaled deeply,

how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons had

and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them in, looking at the glorious pink and gold sunrise

settled around me, and I found a measure of content ment in the

then… noises caught my attention and they

sound of something crashing hard to the

heard what I thought were growls,

shapes of two people fighting one another, and I immediately recognized one of them. He was the last person I wanted to see

Really, how hated was

the Prince was clearly gaining an upper hand, I decided it would be best to get back inside. But as I began to

Shoot!

my knees behind the bushes, I tried to hide myself, praying neither of them noticed me, but

me and ended shortly. Just then, I heard a familiar voice order, “Come out now, or I’ll

on my face, messing up my hair and putting leaves and sticks in it before I stood and walked to the opening,

way, he wouldn’t recognize me as the sole survivor of the bloody

hard. His

his chest, but then I dropped my head so that I wasn’t staring at

gave me a bit of

finished in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next to the prince,

you doing here?” Instead of replying to his Be ta, Theo

only passing by, Your Highness,”

buy it. “You may look a

might like for being outside. “Yes, that’s true. I was… on my way to the kitchen… to learn how to cook for

“You’re the eighth woman who has tried to approach me since last night.” His voice was a low rumble, and with every syllable, a new tremor of fear passed over

tried to remind him, “But the

she caused him to get away?” | as sumed he was referring to the attacker just

at me and dared not to say

a step closer to me, and I cowered, but my feet remained planted for worry of what would hap pen if I

Do you hear me?” His words were as cold as ice and